| Title: |
Reminiscences of Walter Bishop
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A26
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Popular Arts Project, Part I
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| Description: |
Early life; career as a songwriter; "The Devil Sat down and Cried"; situation of Negroes in music business; blues, jazz, bop, country and western; Tin Pan Alley; changing styles in popular music; relationship between publishers and songwriters; Songwriters Protective Association, song sharks.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 39 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1958 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Bishop, Walter
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Songwriter
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| Document date: |
1958
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| Interviewer: |
Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans--Songs and music; Composers; Oral history
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Bishop, Walter; Music, Popular (Songs, etc)--Writing and publishing
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018008-13451
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